Carrier for pasteboard containers



H. BJPETTEE.

CARRIER FOR PASTEBOABD CONTAINERS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1920.-

1,392,791. Patehted Oct. 4,1921.

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CARRIER FOR PASTEBOARD CONTAINERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 4, 1921.

Application filed. June 7, 1920. Serial No. 387,116.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it'known that I, HERBERT B. PETTEE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Carriers for Pasteboard Containers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby paste board and like flexible containers such as are used for holding eggs'and similar fragile and frangible objects and products may be readily carried for delivery or shipped by express or mail under conditions minimizing if not eliminating the risk of damage or breakage of the contents, and with this object in view, the invention consists of the construction and combination of parts, of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1, is an apparatus embodying the invention, and havlng a container of the type indicated, mounted therein for transportation or shipment.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section of the carrier.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4:, is a slightly modified construction of the carrier.

Essentially the device consists of a receptable or housing adapted to serve as a seat or holder for the paste board or like relatively flexible container or carton such as that indicated at 10 in the drawing, such carrier or housing which is indicated as being of rectangular form as shown at 11, is designed in recognition of the fact that whereas a blow or a shock applied to an ordinary paste board container or carton in a direction perpendicular to one of its sides or surfaces as by dropping the container a short distance, will usually jar the contents to an extent suflicient to break or otherwise damage some or all of the contents of the receptacle, particularly if consisting of eggs which are in the line of the path of the blow or shock, and a similar jar or shock applied to the same container in a diagonal direction as against one of the angles or corners thereof, will be cushioned to such an extent as to result in no injury whatsoever to the contents. Hence the carrier orhousing which being rectangular in form is adapted to be arranged either on the side or edge of one end is provided withmeans for holding the container in an oblique or diagonal position so as to present the angles or corners of the container tothe side and end walls of the carrier or housing, to the end that any shock or jar applied to a side or edge surface of the carrier or housing will be in the direction of an angle or corner of the container so as to obtain the benefit of the cushioning effect of the material of which the container is formed.

In the construction illustrated, the carrier or housing is provided on its side walls with seating grooves 12 adapted respectively to receive the angles or corners of the container as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3 and as shown, these seating grooves may either be interrupted or formed adjacent to the ends of the carrier or housing as indicated in Fig. 2, or continuous as indicated at 12 in Fig. 4, and also if preferred, a stock 13 may be arranged in one or more of the seating grooves adjacent to one end thereof to limit the relative movement of the container in sliding it into the casing or housing, serving to prevent displacement of the container from the casing or housing in the event that the latter should be subjected to tilting upon one end as in a basket or box by which the goods in the container are to be delivered as from a store or distributing depot.

Also as illustrated in the drawing, the seating grooves are of such a construction that the walls thereof have substantially a line contact with the surfaces of the container and impinge upon said surfaces at or sufficiently close to the angles or corners of the container to guard against the possibility of any part of the contents such as eggs being in contact with that portion of any of those portions of the walls of the containers with which the seating walls are engaged, to the end that any jar or shock communicated by the carrier or housing to the container will be in a zone or zones which are remote from the contents and, therefore, are not communicated directly to the contents. This result is secured by providing the seating grooves with conveXed walls 14 which ma as illustrated in the drawing, consist of heads or half round strips suitably attached either adhesively or by any preferred fastening means to the inner surfaces of the walls of the carrier or housing.

Obviously a variety of materials may be employed in the construction of the casing or housing, butin practice it has been found preferable to use either wood or heavy card board, not suitable for use in the construction of the'containers themselves, by reason of the weight and expense of the same, the advantage in such indicated materials obviously-being the relative elasticity thereof and hence the capability inherent in theimaterial of cushioning shocks or j ars to which the same may be subjected in the relatively rough handling to which such articles are subjected. a

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful.is:-

1. A tubular carrier or housing for rectangular containers having each wall intermediate the corners provided with an interior seating groove for the reception of one of the angles or corners of the container.

2. A carrier or housing for rectangular containers consisting of a cross sectionally angular tubular receptacle havingeach wall intermediate thecorners provided with an interior longitudinal seating groove for the reception of one of the angles or corners of the container.

3. A carrier or housing for rectangular containers consisting of a tubular receptacle having each wall intermediate the corners provided with a longitudinal interior seating groove for the reception of one of the angles or corners of the container, the walls of the seating grooves having a line contact with the surfaces of the container walls. I

4. A carrier or housing for rectangular containers consisting of a tubular receptacle having each wall provided with an interior seating groove of which the side walls are cross sectionally' convexed. a v V 5. A carrier or housing for rectangular containers having each wall provided with an interior longitudinal seating groove for the reception of one of the angles or corners of the container, said grooves consisting of spaces between transversely convexed pieces or strips projecting from the surfaces of the carrier or'housing walls.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. v

' HERBERT B. PETTEE. 

